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Af Mexee has absolutive, nominative, genitive, and vocative cases. Case is indicated primarily by tonation. Unless otherwise stated, tonation applies to the plural in the same way as the singular. Special rules apply to words with k/t determiners (see below). | Af Mexee has absolutive, nominative, genitive, and vocative cases. Case is indicated primarily by tonation. Unless otherwise stated, tonation applies to the plural in the same way as the singular. Special rules apply to words with k/t determiners (see below). | ||
*'''Absolutive''': The default citation form of a noun. If a high tone is present, feminine nouns often have it finally, while masculine nouns tend to have it penultimately. However, this is not a rule but only a general tendency. | *'''Absolutive''': The default citation form of a noun. If a high tone is present, feminine nouns (except those in ''-o'') often have it finally, while masculine nouns tend to have it penultimately. However, this is not a rule but only a general tendency. Feminine nouns in unaccented ''-o'' can shift their accent to the final vowel when occurring phrase-finally. | ||
*'''Nominative''': Formed by removing any high tones in the word. | *'''Nominative''': Formed by removing any high tones in the word. | ||
*'''Genitive''': Any high tones in the word are removed, and a high tone is added to the final syllable. | *'''Genitive''': Any high tones in the word are removed, and a high tone is added to the final syllable. | ||